The Right to Remain Gaming

The Law- Video games do have the same First Amendment protection as all of the other forms of media and communication, books, movies, ect. It may surprise you to know that video games were not given this explicit protection by the Supreme Court until July of 2011, although various lower courts had given video games full protection under the First Amendment. On July 27, 2011 the Supreme Court of the United State issued its written opinion on Brown v. Entertainment Management, explicitly giving video games the same protection as traditional media under the First Amendment. Brown v. Entm't Merchs. Ass'n , 564 U.S. 786  (2011). The Court held in a 7-2 decision, written by the late Justice Scalia, that Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment  exists primarily to protect discourse on public matters, but the Supreme Court has long recognized that it is difficult and foolish to try and distinguish po...

Whether you are purchasing a video game system for yourself, a significant other, or a family member (or anybody else) its a big decision. There are four main flavors to chose from, Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. But within those choices there are a multitude of options. PS4 pro/PS4 slim PS Vita, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbone original flavor.  Nintendo has like 8 different versions of it handheld and there are a near infinite amount of ways you can put a PC together. My goal will be to break down the options give prices and pro/cons to  guide anyone in their purchasing. I will be speaking on all of the options, but to be clear the systems in the current generation that I own are: A PC I built back in 2013 that has some piecemeal upgrades I've thrown in throughout the years, A Nintendo Switch, A PS4 Slim, and a Nintendo 2DS. I will be breaking down all of the options, but I will be supplementing the sections on systems I do not o...